Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Order of Business is No. 2, motion to amend the terms of reference of the Smithwick tribunal, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 3, Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012 - Second Stage, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 2 and to conclude no later than 1.30 p.m., with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be called on to reply no later than 1.20 p.m.; and No. 4, Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 2 p.m. In the case of No. 4, we had an excellent eight hours of debate on Second Stage, but in my opinion we had a waste and we damaged ourselves with the filibuster of eight hours on one section that happened yesterday. I think we should be mindful of that when we continue our Committee Stage discussion this afternoon.